Even though SRH have one of the most destructive batting line-ups among all teams, but then they have to address their ‘away’ concerns, as per former India batter Cheteshwar Pujara. He highlighted the problem, where the team does exceptionally well in Hyderabad, but falters in the away fixtures.

SRH need to sort out away woes

He further stated, that the teams have started identifying heavy reliance on the top order, which leaves them rather exposed. “SRH are a very destructive side and score a lot of runs when they play at home in Hyderabad. But away from home, their record is very poor. When they play away matches, they fail to maintain their destructive batting intent,” Pujara told Jio Hotstar.

“That is because all the teams know that SRH rely on their batting power to set big totals. Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, and Heinrich Klaasen are their main batters. Once they get dismissed, SRH struggles to get going. That is where the opposition teams take advantage and prevent them from putting up big totals. That is something they will have to work on,” he added.

But then, on the flipside, he called Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head the most destructive pair that the league has seen. “In the last couple of seasons, what we have seen from the openers of Sunrisers Hyderabad, Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head, I can certainly say they are one of the most destructive opening pairs in IPL history. Both are batters who know how to attack from ball one,” he said.

Head-Abhishek best opening pair

He in fact, called the pair even better than the likes of Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli at the top. “When we talk about aggressive opening pairs in the IPL, the pair of Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli comes to mind. But this duo of Head and Abhishek is even more destructive. No bowler wants to run in and bowl against an opening pair like Abhishek and Head,” he added.

SRH squad for IPL 2026: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (WK), Aniket Verma, R. Smaran, Shivang Kumar, Pat Cummins (C), Liam Livingstone, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Kamindu Mendis, Jack Edwards, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Shivam Mavi, Eshan Malinga, Brydon Carse, Zeeshan Ansari, Sakib Hussain.